The multiculturalism in North Macedonia between naturalism and the political perception
Session
Language and Culture
Description
Macedonia is a country where there are living together many ethnicities as: Macedonians, Albanians, Serbians, Bulgarians, Turkish, Romans and Wallach and it is the best example of natural multiculturalism, which has been historically manipulated through the politics and led the country towards a steady conflict. After North Macedonia became an independent state in 1991, the different political parties in power tried to use and misuse the common value of the society: the multiculturalism. But all of them didn’t implement an approach which was based in the naturalism, although they created only a political perception which failed again and again. First of all, the source of the dissatisfaction of Non-Macedonian ethnicities in North Macedonia is the Constitution which permanently promotes a one-nation state: “The country of North Macedonia belongs to the Macedonians and the others” (Preamble). Even the conflict in 2001 and the achieved peace agreement (Ohrid Framework Agreement) after that which supposed to project an open society, couldn’t change the whole situation. My aim in this paper work is to prove that the natural facts of multiculturalism in North Macedonia don’t match at all with the political perception based in profit and domination. I have conducted a survey during 1 st of February till 1 st of March 2019 with representatives of the two biggest ethnicities in North Macedonia: Albanians and Macedonians and the results are giving us a real picture about the real functioning of multiculturalism in North Macedonia.
Keywords:
North Macedonia, multiculturalism, ethnicities, Albanians, Macedonians
Session Chair
Trendeline Haliti
Session Co-Chair
Feride Lohaj
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-96-7
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
31-10-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
31-10-2020 10:30 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2020.252
Recommended Citation
Celiku, Xhyla and Çeliku, Arbër, "The multiculturalism in North Macedonia between naturalism and the political perception" (2020). UBT International Conference. 287.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2020/all_events/287
The multiculturalism in North Macedonia between naturalism and the political perception
Lipjan, Kosovo
Macedonia is a country where there are living together many ethnicities as: Macedonians, Albanians, Serbians, Bulgarians, Turkish, Romans and Wallach and it is the best example of natural multiculturalism, which has been historically manipulated through the politics and led the country towards a steady conflict. After North Macedonia became an independent state in 1991, the different political parties in power tried to use and misuse the common value of the society: the multiculturalism. But all of them didn’t implement an approach which was based in the naturalism, although they created only a political perception which failed again and again. First of all, the source of the dissatisfaction of Non-Macedonian ethnicities in North Macedonia is the Constitution which permanently promotes a one-nation state: “The country of North Macedonia belongs to the Macedonians and the others” (Preamble). Even the conflict in 2001 and the achieved peace agreement (Ohrid Framework Agreement) after that which supposed to project an open society, couldn’t change the whole situation. My aim in this paper work is to prove that the natural facts of multiculturalism in North Macedonia don’t match at all with the political perception based in profit and domination. I have conducted a survey during 1 st of February till 1 st of March 2019 with representatives of the two biggest ethnicities in North Macedonia: Albanians and Macedonians and the results are giving us a real picture about the real functioning of multiculturalism in North Macedonia.